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Author Idrissi Alami, Ahmed.

Title Mutual othering [electronic resource] : Islam, modernity, and the politics of cross-cultural encounters in pre-colonial Moroccan and European travel writing / Ahmed Idrissi Alami.

Imprint Albany : State University of New York Press, 2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 260 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: concepts of modernity -- Literary depictions of the Moor, travel writing and the Maghreb -- The rihla to Europe: transcultural Islam and the Islamization of modernity -- Visions of Morocco and its pre-modernity in French travel writing -- Slavery, racism and the rhetoric of modernity in British travel writing -- Conclusions and contemporary debates.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Travelers' writings, European -- Morocco -- History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, Arabic -- Europe -- History and criticism.
European prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Arabic prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
East and West in literature.
Islam in literature.
Ethnology in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Morocco -- Description and travel.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781438447339 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781438447353 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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